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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
company. “They shifted their model in the middle of our contract negotiation and told me, ‘We’re going after the phone companies, are you still in?’ Absolutely. I knew that was an example of an interesting market and technology coming... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
After HBS, I went to Starbucks where I loved the company and it showed. My work was featured in the press and Howard Schultz had me present to his board. Yet my male manager gave me a “meets expectations” review for weakness in... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
in public-private financing for housing and holistic community development have come to the fore. Laurie J. Gould (MBA '96) is manager of finance at the Boston office of one such organization, The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB), which has... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
programming for a life insurance company, and once he finished his law degree he stuck around and rose to become the firm’s secretary and general counsel. Along the way, however, Freeman realized he was more interested in general View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
deciding to stay for good. Long-heralded for its therapeutic applications, the global market for the bitter root was on the rise, driven by the expansion of the Chinese middle class; today, genuine Wisconsin ginseng can fetch $200 a pound... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
similar issues." Two years ago HBS and Wits Business School in Johannesburg established the program in order to aid the rapid economic and social changes taking place in southern Africa. Participants are middle View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
marketing, were as follows: Africa Angus Rowe, OPM 38 2009 LifeQube mobile clinic management Watch their pitch. Asia-Pacific Oliver Segovia, MBA '10 Jennifer Kelly, MBA '10 AVA invitation-only shopping platform Watch their pitch. Canada... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview
Kitty Hawk. They were just two hard-working brothers, very unassuming, who helped change the world.” Harvard had been on Chad Losee’s (MBA 2013) radar since a middle school history trip that included a stop in Harvard Yard, but a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
also has a famous second career, that of motivational speaker. In that role, Zander has appeared several times at the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as at old-age homes, middle schools, Fortune 500 corporations, and now HBS. Music... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
revealed the telecom giant’s “extreme willingness” to hand over billions of emails—revelations that galvanized Professor Nien-hê Hsieh and Senior Lecturer Henry McGee. “Seeing a huge company in the middle of these privacy issues felt like... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
about anything. Franklin Delano Roosevelt made the country believe it could crawl out of a depression, rallied it around social change that created a middle class, and mobilized the greatest military in the world to conquer fascism. After... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
all over the world. By 1970, we had a factory in Holland serving Europe. In 1971, we started assembly plants in Australia and Japan.” He visited more than 50 countries, including many in the Middle East to take advantage of the oil boom.... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
2018, implementation has been slow. Dawi aims to meet primary care needs for Egypt's highly fragmented middle market. When Habib started fundraising seriously, Enan urged her to reach out to the EAEF. "Amal was really instrumental in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
we will make a mistake only once and learn from it. We also are humbled every day by a new mistake. But it is the kind of investing that the partners here very much enjoy. We believe that getting in early and working with management teams... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
changes that took root after the last crash. “Everything we do today grew out of the dark days of the early ’90s,” says Slaughter, managing director and head of North American real estate investment banking for Morgan Stanley. Some refer... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
room. You will never regret it, and you'll build a strong reputation." Linda Rossetti (MBA 1991), managing director, Golden Seeds; blogger, Novofemina.com, Boston, Massachusetts I'd offer three ideas to female MBAs. First, take the time... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
them to downsize and slash jobs. “It was a commodity price down cycle across almost all metals. We were obviously expecting a large negative impact,” recalls Chernilovskiy, then an asset manager at Kazakhstani zinc-producer Kazzinc, a... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
group of people who were last together as a full group more than twenty years ago still cares enough about each other to reach out." John M. Hereford (MBA '95) managed to add a bit of self-deprecating humor during this difficult time by... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
unposted openings, discussing salaries, and how getting recognition for accomplishments can lead to promotions and pay increases. The book’s case studies and expert contributions provide many examples and recommendations to manage stress... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
President & Chief Executive Officer Starbucks Coffee Company Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Washington, 1965 B.A., Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Statistics Other Jobs Touche Ross & Co., 1969-77, 1980-85 State of... View Details